Some of the growing number of government documents containing or concerning statistical data are described. Over 50 titles are listed with ordering information. (PF)

Researchers are constantly in need of statistical data to measure behavior, test theories, and quantify information. Since the U.S. Government produces a variety of data on all aspects of our society, a self-guided exercise to teach the use of two major government statistical sources, the "Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications" and the…

Investigates an aspect of bibliographic control of the social science literature: coverage of the literature by bibliographic publications. (Author)

Cites review sources for NTIS (National Technical Information Service) publications and provides an annotated list of 22 reports on child abuse, Chinese language romanization, criminal justice, energy, environment, ethnic data, fire technology, genealogy, health care, local communities and federal assistance, mainstreaming, political leadership in…

Focuses on several statistical references published by the United States Department of Commerce that are scheduled for microfiche conversion under the Government Printing Office's micropublishing program, "Annual Housing Survey" and "Foreign Trade Reports," both from Census Bureau, and "OBERS BEA Regional…

This paper is directed toward the librarian from a library with a small state document collection. It discusses some possible places to begin a state document collection. (MF)

Argues for more widespread utilization of the U.S. Government Printing Office's Publications Reference File, a reference tool in microfiche format used to answer questions about current U.S. government documents and their availability. Ways to accomplish this task are suggested. (Author/JD)

Focusing on the career education literature that emerged from 1973 through 1978, this bibliography concentrates on (1) a special series of Monographs on Career Education issued by the United States Office of Education (USOE), Office of Career Education, (2) the general publications on career education issued by the USOE Office of Career Education,…

This bibliography on career education would be useful to those interested in learning about both the career education concept and some of the emerging techniques for implementing career education programs. The bibliography is divided into four sections, including: (1) a listing of 144 selected references on the career education concept, (2) a…

An annotated guide to bibliographies, indexes, checklists of government publications, periodicals lists, and directories for Canada. (JAB)

This analysis of the U.S. Department of Labor's "Dictionary of Occupational Titles" as a literary and cultural document, looks at its (1) history; (2) job classification scheme; (3) egalitarianism; (4) cultural and literary value; and (5) humor. Five references are listed. (MES)

The use patterns of microforms are analyzed within the context of the government documents reference interface; and components of product design such as header information, internal organization, and external finding aids are discussed in terms of improving the reference function of microformatted materials. (Author)

This bibliography is divided into five parts: (1) reference sources, including bibliographies, guides, directories, biographies, statistical sources, handbooks, and chronologies; (2) monographs concerned with Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Korean Americans; (3) documents; (4) doctoral dissertations on Asian Americans,…